Augustus B. Griffin

Augustus Bernard Griffin (13 October 1818-3 March 1886) was a Brigadier-General of the US Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Augustus Bernard Griffin was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1818, and he was a brilliant professor before the American Civil War broke out. Griffin served in the State House of Representatives before becoming a Colonel in the US Army in 1861, leading a regiment of Ohio volunteers. Griffin would rise to the rank of Brigadier-General, fighting in the Western Theater, although he would not hold an independent command during the war.